TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 5
"Brat, today's
training is canceled."
"Haa?"
After school, when
Nozomu just arrived at the basement of the martial arts garden, he was suddenly
told by Zonne that the training had been canceled.
He was stunned by the
sudden news, but Zonne continued his words while looking at him.
"You've been
working too hard lately. You'd better take today off from training, so you can
rest."
In other words, Nozomu
suddenly had time to use for dance practice.
Zonne was right,
Nozomu had been quite focused on his training recently.
Because of this, he
had missed the school's notice and almost caused Irisdina to worry even more.
In that case, Zonne's
words were quite reasonable for Nozomu.
"If you want, why
don't you go on a date? Even though it pisses me off, but I'm sure you have
someone waiting for you, don't you?"
"S-, sort
of..."
"Then get the
hell out of here. Good grief, why wasn't I the one who got the
invitation..."
While grumbling and
complaining, Zonne urged Nozomu to leave as if to chase him away.
Nozomu was irritated
by Zonne's behavior, which was often tinged with personal grudges, but he
sighed when he remembered that this was Zonne's usual behavior.
"Wait... I'm
grateful you've given me some free time, but... there's one thing I'd like to ask
you first."
Nozomu himself had no
objection to taking a break. But for now, there was one thing he wanted to
confirm with Zonne.
"What? I'm busy.
Get on with it."
"I've been having
vivid visions of Tiamat's past lately, even without releasing the [Soul-Sealing
Chains], and this time I saw the origin of Alharant..."
Nozomu told Zonne
about the scene of the origin of Alharant that he dreamed about this morning.
Memories of the
beginning when Tiamat helped humans and was drawn to them. Humans who were in a
more difficult situation than she was. Small words of gratitude from them.
She had never
experienced anyone expressing gratitude to her since she was born.
In her village, she
was shunned because of her birth and lack of power, and her childhood friends
were more inclined to protect her.
Finally, she found
something she could protect for the first time. It was a human being with only
a small power.
"……Is that
so?"
"Yeah……"
"Is that
all?"
"No,
that's..."
"Indeed, Alharant
began after Tiamat helped the humans in the buffer zone. And what did you think
of that?"
"That's……"
The scene of
Alharant's birth quickly magnified the sense of closeness Nozomu was beginning
to feel with Tiamat.
Nozomu, who went to
Solminati Academy to fulfill his girlfriend's dream, and Tiamat, who wielded
his power to save those who were dying.
Both of them threw
themselves into hardship "for the sake of someone other than
themselves".
Although there were
some differences in their thoughts and directions, their fundamental feelings
were very similar.
